I don't care if Melancon's HBP rate is 20X Chapman's, when Chapman is launching 102 mph fastballs towards Cutch's head, it simply can't be compared with Melancon's 89 mph cutter.
Raise it!!!! The game...., the fight...., ..... 3-0 good guys.......
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Go look on mlb.com, look at the pitch-by-pitch data.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/inde...mlb_1,game_tab=play-by-play,game_state=Wrapup
Bottom line, I am correct. Feel free to correct me for calling me a "dolt."
It was a 91mph fastball. I've been around baseball my entire life and don't need a website to tell me what it was...I saw the friggin pitch. And yes you are a dolt, on this and almost every other topic you post on.
It was a fastball that had movement. They get those transcripts wrong all the time. I have seen homeruns that were caught on the warning track.
Can't be wrong. Clearly Watson hit Phillips with that nasty 94 mph "sinker" that he throws. The site says it so it must be true.
The Pirates get hit more than any team in baseball. The Pirates also hit a lot of guys because of their penchant for throwing inside. It is because of that they rarely complained until teams started taking liberties with McCutchen. Blanton was not throwing at Byrd last night. There was no reason to, but the pitch was up around the head so if the Reds had retaliated last night ,or even the beginning of the game today, it would have been over. They waited until the eight inning to hit Cutch in a situation they would have been pitching around him,with first base open. You are an idiot if you don't think that was on purpose.
No correction necessary. I went back and watched the replay on MLB.com. He hit McCutchen in the middle of the back with a 91mph fastball. It was not a curveball.
Still haven't seen the replay but I will say this. I have been waiting all year for the Reds to have some fight to them. They've looked like a dysfunctional, mopey team all year. Sometimes the best thing for a team like that is to empty the benches and have it out.
